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Title |
Grazing Intensity Data |
Abstract |
These data were collected as part of the NSW Grazing Study. The study sampled a range of grazing intensities based on both recent (last 2-3 years) and historic (up to 20 years) grazing. To assess recent grazing intensity we identified and counted the dung or pellets of all herbivores (cattle, sheep/goat, kangaroo) within the large (5m x 5m) and small (0.5m x 0.5m) (kangaroo, rabbit, sheep/goat) quadrats. For cattle, we counted dung events rather than individual fragments, i.e. we considered a number of small fragments to have originated from one dung event, if the fragments were within an area of a few metres. At ten sites we counted, collected, dried and weighed the dung from 10 large quadrats to obtain a relationship between dung counts and dry mass for each herbivore. This relationship was then used to calculate the total oven-dried mass of dung per hectare per herbivore as our measure of recent grazing intensity. Where dung from the same herbivore was assessed in both the large and small quadrats, we derived an average mass per hectare based on both quadrats for that herbivore type. We were unable to discriminate between sheep, goat and in very few cases deer (Cervus spp.) dung, or between European rabbit and European hare (Lepus europaeus) dung. Other indicator of recent grazing were also collected (rabbit burrows, latrines and kangaroo hip holes). The abundance of these were collected in a 200m x 10m belt transect. To assess historic grazing intensity we measured the width and depth of all livestock tracks crossing the 200 m transect to derive a total cross-sectional area of livestock tracks for each site (Pringle and Landsberg 2004). |
Resource locator |
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Data Quality Statement |
Name: Data Quality Statement Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data quality statement for The NSW Grazing study Function: download |
The NSW Grazing Study Assessment of Grazing Intensity |
Name: The NSW Grazing Study Assessment of Grazing Intensity Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Spreadsheet of grazing intensities based on both recent and historic grazing Function: download |
Unique resource identifier |
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Code |
1c99dab0-315e-41df-80a6-a8e25b445407 |
Presentation form |
tableDigital |
Edition |
Original (raw data) |
Dataset language |
eng |
Metadata standard |
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Name |
ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata |
Version |
1.1 |
Dataset URI |
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/1c99dab0-315e-41df-80a6-a8e25b445407 |
Purpose |
Decision support |
Status |
completed |
Spatial reference system |
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Authority code |
GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long) |
Code identifying the spatial reference system |
4283 |
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Topic category |
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| Field | Value |
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Keyword set |
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keyword value |
FLORA ECOLOGY AGRICULTURE |
Originating controlled vocabulary |
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Title |
ANZLIC Search Words |
Reference date |
2008-05-16 |
Geographic location |
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West bounding longitude |
141.064453 |
East bounding longitude |
149.238281 |
North bounding latitude |
-36.031332 |
South bounding latitude |
-31.728167 |
NSW Place Name |
Central West, Riverina and Western NSW |
Vertical extent information |
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Minimum value |
-100 |
Maximum value |
2228 |
Coordinate reference system |
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Authority code |
urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG:: |
Code identifying the coordinate reference system |
5711 |
Temporal extent |
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Begin position |
2013-07-01 |
End position |
N/A |
Dataset reference date |
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Resource maintenance |
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Maintenance and update frequency |
None |
Contact info | |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Full postal address |
NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
| Field | Value |
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Limitations on public access |
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| Field | Value |
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Scope |
dataset |
| Field | Value |
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Responsible party |
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Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Full postal address |
NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
| Field | Value |
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Metadata point of contact |
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Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Full postal address |
NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Responsible party role |
distributor |
Metadata date |
2013-07-01 |
Metadata language |
eng |